Jim Heavens
Republican | Iowa
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Jim Heavens
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Senator, Dist. 29
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, PhD, 1978
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, MS, 1975
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, BS, 1973
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
Basilica of St Francis Xavier, Parishioner, Dyersville Area Foundation for the Future
Board Member-present, Dyersville Area Chamber of Commerce, Past Board Member and President
Ancient Order of Hibernians, Member, Dubuque County Republican Party
Central CommitteeMember and State Delegate, Dyersville Lions Club, Member
Beckman Booster Club, Retired Member, Misissippi Valley Blood Bank
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Mayor of Dyersville, 2003-2013
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
State Treasurer, 2010
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Werner Hellmer
Tim English
John and Ellen Markham
Tim Pins
Dennis Thier
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (4)
Iowans for Tax Relief
John Sidney McCain
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
State Republican Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
Agree
3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Disagree
4. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Disagree
5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
9. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Agree
10. There should be a strict constitutional spending limit for state and local governments that would tie the rate of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.
Disagree
11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
13. Where minor children are involved, divorce laws should be reformed to include mutual consent of both parents and an increased waiting period, unless there is fault or abuse.
Neutral
14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Neutral
15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Agree
16. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The legislature to make a quality decision. The Executive to execute the decision made. The Judiciary to rule on questions regarding what the decision is. The three legs of the stool on which good government is based.
17. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Agree
18. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
God, Voters, Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Pretty simple really...I know why I'm here. I have never had a "great conversion" as many in public life have. I have always felt comfortable with my relationship to God as a conservative Roman Catholic...in good standing I think. I truly believe that the ten years I have spent in public office have brought me closer to God. With a last name like Heavens (it's the 7th word in the Bible), what else could I do? From a practical view, there three things everyone holding the public trust needs to be able to do: Know the difference between right and wrong, know the difference between black ink and red ink and cultivate the ability and to make quality decisions.
